Hello im a new user and i want to setup source dedicated server for me and other ppl but when i name the server and stuff the UPD port is 27015 i thuaght it was okay so i left it alone then i tried to start the server but and ERROR pops up and says Cannot allocate TVUPD port. then i click ok and it shuts source dedicated server down. What do i do?????? plzz help and plz respond to this thread as fast as possible thank you.

Spartanfrog Wrote:What does your command line look like? Also are you hosting and playing on the same computer?

i am new to source dedicated servers so im not quite sure what u meen by command prompt cause it just pops up and says engine error could not allocate server UDP port after i name the server make the port 27015 and make it internet not lan and stuff then that error pops up. so could u explain more and help plz?

ok whatever just forget it if you cant help me cause all i want to do is run a free server without any errors but the engine error pops up and says could not allocate the server UDP port i just installed it like 20 mins. ago so i dont rly not no that much so plzz just tell me how to get the port fixed and for me to run the server plzz

ok i uninstalled it the reinstalled it and it WORKED YAY!!!! but when i set everything up and stuff i went to console and it said this Connection to Steam servers successful.
VAC secure mode is activated.
Executing dedicated server config file
Incorrect price blob version! Update your server!
ERROR: mp_dynamicpricing set to 1 but couldn't download the price list!
Section [Scenes]: 0 resources total 0 bytes, 0.00 % of limit (2.10 MB)
couldn't exec server.cfg

Look, you really need to follow a guide like on this website, just goto srcds.com. Almost all of your questions can be answered by following a simple guide. Now for the mani-admin plugin, follow another guide which can EASILY be found on the mani admin plugin website. Now when you follow BOTH guides to the BEST of your ability, THEN post questions.

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Hazz Wrote:Has someone helped you on these forums? If so, help someone else

fqdn Wrote:if you've seen the any of the matrix movies, a game server is not all that different. it runs a version of the game that handles the entire world for each client connected. that's the 2 sentence explanation.